Clancy's 1st Birthday

Clancy's first birthday was June 24. I can't believe it. We did open a few presents on the Sunday before which was Father's day. Tyree was so excited about presents for Kelly that she thought Clancy needed to open a few too. On the day of his birthday we planned a fun filled day with the cousins. Cali, Gideon, Parker and two of our other friends Gavin and Isaac. Plus the great surprise of Aunt Hillary, Gabe and J.J. coming up from Utah. But first things first we had to get our present and happy birthday wish from Grandma and Papa. Tyree was always trying to unwrap his present and play with them. She told us she was "showing" him how. Then we had to stop at Great-grandma's house and get more birthday wishes from her and the other aunties Randi Jo and Sam. Clancy had a Dr.'s appt that morning. He is in the 90% for height and 70% for weight. He's growing great and everything looks awesome. After that we went to the park where we met up with the aunts and cousins. We had sandwiches and chips. Clancy slept through the first part of the party while the kids played on the playground. Then we had cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches, then presents. Happy birthday boy! The cupcakes were great, just ask Parker. After the park and the food we went to the zoo. It was so much fun!

Jumpin' June

So June flew by. It seems like we were always on the go. Just jumpin from one fun thing to the next. We got all settled in to our new little house. We've really liked it and Tyree loves having so many friends to play with. We've spent some of the weekends up in Gray's Lake, of course.  I love watching all the birds up there in the spring. Bluebirds, little song birds, Humming birds (which are really hard to get a good picture of), and this Killdeer that made her nest right in the driveway. We put that black thing around it to keep it safe, and yes the babies hatched and they have since moved on. We also love to fish when we're up there. Well Clancy just loves being outside, I don't think he cares about the fishing so much. Tyree is always great at bringing dad the worms. During the week when we aren't in Grays Lake there are so many fun things to do. Like going to the water park with our cousins. One day I took the kids up to Rexburg to meet with Cali, Travis and their kids at the water park. It took my kids a little bit to warm up to it, but once they did, they loved it. We had so much fun we definitely need to do it again. I did put Tyree in swim lessons, and Clancy and I did a mom and tot lesson. So maybe next time they'll be ready to bail right in. Of course in June we had Father's Day. Tyree was so excited to give her dad presents. We are so blessed to have Kelly in our family. The kids couldn't ask for a better dad and role model. He does such a great job leading our family. We love you! Also in June was Clancy's first birthday. I can't believe it. We had a fun filled day of cupcakes in the park, and going to the zoo, but I have a whole different post just for that. That was pretty much our June, remember to keep checking back.

Marvelous May

Our May was marvelous! We've been having such a great time and I've really enjoyed staying at home. I did realize in May that my children are growing up way to fast. During May Tyree had her dance recital.(She's on the left end) It was so much fun. She did a great job. When they took the pictures however, she wouldn't smile. I asked her why she didn't smile and she said "I didn't want to" She was so excited right before the show started. I took some videos but I had to cut them down a little to get them on here but they just repeated the same thing a few times. I took them during dress rehearsal so you can still hear people talking but she did just as good during the real show. Starting on the left she's the second girl.

We're so proud of her.
Also by May Clancy was up and running. He started trying to walk in April, but by May he had it down good. He is getting such and awesome personality. He does the best fishy face, and he loves to blow kisses, but of course I can never get them on camera. He wants to be funny, he'll do things and pull faces just to make you laugh. Then he'll laugh this huge wide mouthed HaHaHa. It's so cute. He loves to drag things around. Anything with a string on it, or a cord. He also loves to carry around anything like a bucket. He'll carry it around and put things in it. Clancy is all boy. He loves to climb on everything and throw things in the toilet. Yes he can open the lid, fortunately he can't open doors yet.
We spent a couple of weekends in Gray's Lake fixing fence and doing all the usual stuff in the spring to get ready for cows. We were up there on Mothers Day so on the way home we stopped and fished. We didn't catch anything but the kids had fun. Clancy just really liked eating the mud, but he was happy! The last weekend of May we moved into a new house. No we didn't buy one, still just renting. It's a cute little duplex on a quite cul-de-sac. There are a bunch of little girls Tyree's age so she has new friends. We've really enjoyed it here. Please keep checking back I have about 5 posts I'm going to try and get up in the next couple of days.

Easter

Easter was good this year. We took our baskets and eggs up to the inlaws and the Easter bunny found us there. But first we had to color eggs. I want to know how you do that with a bunch of kids. It was hard enough trying to keep 1 child from getting it everywhere. Tyree is a little impatient. She never wanted to let them soak very long to get that good color. Dad was very good at helping her and giving her a little coaching on how to get the best color. We had to strap little man in his high chair. He's just tall enough to reach the top of the table and kept trying to pull the plastic down with all the dye on it. We only did 18 but they were beautiful. I made a Wonder Woman one, but our red would not get very dark no matter how long it was in there. I still like it though. A couple days before Easter we had some plastic eggs that we had to hide and find every day so we could "practice." Kelly's work had an egg hunt and a brunch on Saturday so we went to that. It was fun but I didn't get any pictures. The Easter bunny was good to the kids as usual. Tyree kept saying "Look what the Easter bunny gave me. He is So nice." All that practicing paid off and she found all of the eggs (of course). Then we had to hide and find for the rest of the day. She got this amazing new outfit with sunglasses. Of course she had to help brother get into his basket too. Our Easter dinner was delicious and I made the cake. (sorry the pic is sideways) That was our Easter, nice but low key. The week following I kept having to convince Tyree that the bunny wasn't going to hide eggs every morning, even if we boiled more. He only does it once a year.